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View submission: /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 03, 2025
Conflict is inevitable. This is why honor and dignity are important, and so are apologies and forgiveness. I do not, however, have any appreciation for justifications. Of course people have reasons for doing things, but when you stoop down to using your reasons as justifications, you ignore that your concerns are not the only concerns in the world, and you make peace impossible. Instead you create a choice between pointless conflict and seething submission, which both breed bitter resentment.
Just accept that you are doing what you need to do, try to do the best you can, and apologize when you inevitably trample something you shouldn't have. Don't justify.
There's nothing here!